If this is the case then I agree with pulling it off the shelf. Thank you for clarifying this point.

It would be “okay-ish” if these were just “police camaera”. But the simple truth is they are not just “police cameras”.

The local police departments do not own the hardware or software. These devices are supplied by third party companies that completely own the hardware and software, and we can’t be completely sure how this information is being used or accessed.

These third parties provided access to local law enforcement based on a fee, but other then that the Third-Party has completely autonomy in how they choose to use these cameras, also don’t forget these things have microphones as well.

Also those mobile police cameras you see in Walmart parking lots for example, those are more then likely flock cameras as well.

I don’t understand why simply future stock was just not cancelled along with any current shipments, letting current remaining stock just “dry up” and not get restocked.

The public could have even bought the remaining stock and just poured it out while capturing it in a TickTok video.

It seems like such a waste of time and resources to “pull items off the shelf” for a business. You need to pay staff to take it off the shelf, pack it up, and then take time and effort to truck it back somewhere. Adding to all this transportation costs and the pulling it off a truck and restocking it somewhere. And now storage costs as well…

The stock was already paid for by the LCBO if I am not missing something blatantly obvious. The LCBO now has a quantity of already purchased stock they can’t sell, and paying storage costs for.

How can she slap

People will die because of this. You will see people opt not to get medical treatments or seek to get help.

Similar like Christmas, Halloween is not celebrated in the same commercialized way in parts of Europe for example. It focuses more on the remembering and honouring of the dead, commonly done with heading to evening mass and then lighting a candel at the cemetery.

Halloween as we know it evolved from two main sources: the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter, and the Christian observances of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. The night before All Saints’ Day, November 1, became known as “All Hallows’ Eve,” which was later shortened to Halloween.

Celtic festival of Samhain

Purpose: To celebrate the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark, cold winter.

Beliefs: Celts believed that on the night of Samhain (around November 1), the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, allowing spirits to roam the earth.

Traditions: To ward off evil spirits, people would light large bonfires and wear costumes or disguises.

Timing: Held around November 1, the time of the new year for the ancient Celts.

Christian influence

All Saints Day: In the 8th century, the Roman Catholic Church moved the feast day of All Saints to November 1, likely to absorb or replace the pagan traditions of Samhain.

All Hallows’ Eve: The night before the feast of All Saints became known as “All Hallows’ Eve,” or “the eve of all the hallowed (or holy) ones”. Over time, this name was shortened to “Hallowe’en”.

Merged traditions: Many pagan traditions from Samhain merged with Christian observances, such as the “souling” tradition in which people went door-to-door asking for food in exchange for prayers for the dead. This is a precursor to modern trick-or-treating.

This is a interesting question. I believe it comes down to if the “corporate version” of Santa Claus (and Christmas) has made its way to the southern hemisphere. Christmas is a major Catholic holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus. Santa Claus is derived from the Saint Nicholas a patron saint.

“Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the folklore of Santa Claus”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

If you have not already done so watch the animated series Pantheon (2022). Worth the watch and goes deep into simulation and concesiones.

How’s this not on the list!

Second hand sales and flee markets, no cameras (mostly true) and you can pay cash.

Lawsuit incoming…?

Looks like a hanging nut-sack if you turn your head.

Strange, I don’t seem to be paying anything at the moment. I wonder who’s really paying the bill? The American public you say?

Good on California for understanding and being decent

There’s only 9 college’s in the USA!?

Only 7?!

That depends where your VPN is.

Say you access a VPN located over seas from your phone while on mobile data. Then your traffic is encrypted and your mobile data provider (for your phone) should only see traffic to one IP address.

Say you access the same VPN while at home connect to wifi or Ethernet on a PC (or on your phone), then your ISP should only see traffic to the one IP address (that’s located over seas).

Now let’s say your are tech savvy enough to run a Wireguard setup and or Tailscale setup at home and make your own VPN. Then you access that from work or from overseas with a mobile phone or laptop. All your traffic should now show as connecting to your homes IP address directly, but keep in mind your home ISP provider then sees you connecting to sites like Google, Facebook, or Lemmy.

I wonder if elephants have bed time stories about tooth fairies that come and steal your teeth

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